rests outside staff should show ledger lines

• Jan 10, 2014 - 16:45
Type
Functional
Severity
S4 - Minor
Status
closed
Project
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Windows 7, GIT commit: 2902cf6

1) create score
2) click any full measure rest
3) press 6 to turn it into two half restsd
4) ctrl-click either half rest
5) "up" a few times to move it above the staff

Result: rest floats above staff, but with no ledger line to distinguish it from a whole rest. This is incorrect, and a regression versus 2.0


Comments

MuseScore 1.3 was relying on glyphs provided by Emmentaler for rests outside the staff. Apparently SMuFL doesn't provide these glyphs so we need to draw the ledger line ourself.

Or we can wait for the next version of SMuFL. It will provide these symbols.
Nevertheless, it could make sense to create the ledger line ourself since it would use the width and lenght defined in the style? Any thought?

I don't know that I care. The idea of using the configured length and width is good, but realistically, those values are probably chosen because of the special needs of notes, and rests might have different needs. I could image shorter and thinner ledger line for rests making sense. I guess I'd have to see it, and even then, I might not have a strong preference.